How Crazy Were Graceland’s Basement Parties?
It’s easy to imagine Elvis as this wild rockstar who made use of his basement to host raging parties. But in fact, most of his Graceland nights were really laid-back. One of his friends, George Klein, recalled that there was rarely any hard liquor or beer around.
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He confessed, “There were nights when the wildest thing that happened was having Elvis lead us through a game of Name That Tune.” Not really what you had in mind from the King of Rock and Roll, right?